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Overview on literature contents by tribe

Tribe/Location PDF Year of publication Content Map
People of
Ulanga valley

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Factors governing the
food supply in Ulanga

1939 Local differences in diet
Seasonality of food supply
Food preparation
Meals and snacks
Protein
Green leafy vegetables
Beer
Taboos
Problem of supply
The Hadza
area, north
Tanganyika
Kilimanjaro area

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Nutrition survey_Kilimanjaro area 1968

1968 Water supply
Kihamba
Food crops and their preservation
Cooking utensils
Methods of cooking meat
Meal patters
Food for pregnant and lactating women
Contribution of nutrients by various foods
Vitamins
Calorie supply of children
Data on nutrient intake
Translation of diseases which occured in the Kilimanjaro area
Agriculture
Kidugalo village

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Nutrition status survey in the Kidugalo village 1965-1967

1965-1967

Desciption on traditional consumed foodstuffs; Crops
Livestock ; Food habits
Brest feeding
Adult food (Meal pattern)
Forbidden foods for: men, women, girls, boys, pregnant and lactating women
Food Taboos
Food preparation and storage
Local beer
Lifestyle, Nutrient intake (daily variations)
Calories (Average intake, contribution of foodstuff to calorie intake)
Protein
Iron
Vitamin A
Thiamine
Ribovlavin
Nicotinic acid
Vitamin C

Cost of living
Desciption on traditional used foodstuffs

East Africa

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Composition and nutritive value of dietary 1939

1939 Composition and nutritive value of dietary
East Africa

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Report on dietary survey and nutritional assessment in East Africa 1953

1953 Deficiency Diseases
Distribution of deficiency diseases
Signs of nutritional ill-health
Food taboos
Dietary surveys
Production of availability of food:
Aimal protein
Fats
Staple foods
Composition of foods
Hadza Reference: Jelliffe, D. B., J. Woodburn, et al. (1962). "The children of the Hadza hunters." Tropical pediatrics 60(6): 907-913. 1962 Agriculture
Culture, Housing,
Customs
Child rearing
Marriage
Diet
Infant feeding
Diseases
Sukuma

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Preliminary enquiry
into Sukuma diet_1956

1965 Main foods, diet
Beer brewing
Meal and habits
Seasonal variations
Locality variations
Variations in family
Food taboos
Wangoni

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Malnutrition in Tangayika_1962

1962 Prevalence of malnutrition
Disease prevalence
Table on
Tribal structure
Crop calender
Songea district
Survey area
Tribes of
Tanganyika

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Tribes of
Tanganyika

1935 Information on tribes
from:
Eastern province
Iringa province
Lake province
Tanga province
Western province
Central province
Content:
Food items/diet
Climate/Geographics
Agricultural form/livestock
Bahaya

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East African Medical
survey Monograph No.2

1954 Physical characteristics
of Bukoba district
(climate, geographics)
Environmental factors
Drescription on the Haya
Agricultural survey
Soil analysis
Veterinary surveys
Nutrition surveys
Maslsbani

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Dietary survey in
Kilosa districts 1969

1969 Rural life pattern in Ilonga
Housing
Customs
Protein and caloeire intake
Daily protein variations
Daily variations in food
costs
Calorie and nutrient intakes
Location of villages
Ilonga
Wahehe
Wagogo
Waluguru
Sukuma
Wanyakyusa
Wachaga
Bahaya
Reference:  Moller, M. (1961). "African child health: custom, pregnancy and child rearing in Tanganyika." Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 7: 66-80. 1961 Clans
Food taboos
Marriage
Pregnancy
Delivery
Indigenous drugs/Medicines
Placenta/Cord
Newborn
Twins
Beliefs
Gogo

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The food and growth
of Gogo children_1960

1960 Agricultural pattern
Crop calendar
Livestock
Diet, meal pattern
Meal compositions
Infant feeding
Clinical findings
Disease prevalence
Chagga

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Tribal customs in infant
feeding among the Chagga

1963 Pregnancy
Child birth
Diet of lactating mother
Taboos, customs, transition
Nutrses
Brest feeding, diet of the
Infant feeding
Sukuma
and Gogo

Reference: McLaren, D. (1960). "Nutrition and eye disease in East Africa:
Experience in Lake and Central Provinces, Tanganyika."American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

1960 Geographics
People, customs, housing
Agriculture
Food items / diet
Taboos
Meals, beer brewing
Data on:
Nutrition and eye examination
among children
Map of Tanganyika
and ist neighbouring
territories,
survey areas_1960
Ujui village
Tabora region

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Report of a dietary
survey in Tabora
region

1967 Food habits:
Child feeding practices
Forbidden foods
Food storage and processing
Agriculture
Facilities in the houses
Use and preparation of
foods
Calorie and nutrient
requirments, intakes,
sources
Nykia group:
Digo
Duruma
Giriama
Shirazi
Digo

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Socio-cultural factors
affecting the diet of
the northeast coastal
Bantu

1964 Food production practices
Agricultural practices
Livestock production
Irrigation problems
Factors influencing food
production
Acceptance and consumption
of food
Moshi
Tanga
Mwanza
Nzega

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Nutritional studies
in Tanzania
Reprinted from Latham, M. C. (1967). "Nutritional Studies in Tanzania, (Tanganykia)."
World Rev. Nutrition Dietetics 7: 31, copyright 1967, with permission from S. Karger AG

1967 Anthopometric data for
newborn infants
Dar-es Salaam

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Nutritional studies
in Tanzania
Reprinted from Latham, M. C. (1967). "Nutritional Studies in Tanzania, (Tanganykia)."
World Rev. Nutrition Dietetics 7: 31, copyright 1967, with permission from S. Karger AG

1967 School feeding trial near Dar-es
Salaam (height, weight, haemoglobin)
Tanzania

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Nutritional studies
in Tanzania

Reprinted from Latham, M. C. (1967). "Nutritional Studies in Tanzania, (Tanganykia)."
World Rev. Nutrition Dietetics 7: 31, copyright 1967, with permission from S. Karger AG

1967 Protein calorie malnutrition,
Annual incidence of Kwashiorkor, Anaemia, Endemic goitre, Comparison
of effects of withdrawing cabbage from
and of adding iodine to the diet,
Goitre incidence in certain areas of Tanzania, other deficiency states,
Nutritional factors and other conditions,
Fluorosis, Number of deficiency signs

 

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